
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 22449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09248]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 73

[Docket No. FDA-2015-C-1154]


E. & J. Gallo Winery; Filing of Color Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of petition.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing 
that we have filed a petition, submitted by E. & J. Gallo Winery, 
proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to provide for 
the safe use of mica-based pearlescent pigments as color additives in 
certain distilled spirits.

DATES: The color additive petition was filed on March 19, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Salome Bhagan, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 
Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 240-402-3041.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 721(d)(1) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379e(d)(1)), we are giving notice 
that we have filed a color additive petition (CAP 5C0302), submitted by 
E. & J. Gallo Winery, c/o Keller and Heckman LLP, Three Embarcadero 
Center, Suite 1420, San Francisco, CA 94111. The petition proposes to 
amend the color additive regulations in Sec.  73.350 Mica-based 
pearlescent pigments (21 CFR 73.350) to provide for the safe use of 
mica-based pearlescent pigments at a level of up to 0.07 percent by 
weight in distilled spirits containing not less than 18 percent and not 
more than 25 percent alcohol by volume, and to remove the current 
exclusion for distilled spirit mixtures containing more than 5 percent 
wine on a proof gallon basis.
    We have determined under 21 CFR 25.32(k) that this action is of a 
type that does not individually or cumulatively have a significant 
effect on the human environment. Therefore, neither an environmental 
assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.

    Dated: April 15, 2015.
Dennis M. Keefe,
Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 2015-09248 Filed 4-21-15; 8:45 am]
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